Many carriers are introducing extra fees for baggage. What should you do if traveling overseas?

Our advice is this – visit your airlines website and price excess baggage based on their fee schedule.

If you have one bag at 23 kilos in excess it might be cheaper to send this as excess baggage – remember that your bag will not arrive with you when traveling as cargo and that you will need to go to a different facility to clear customs and duties and airline terminal fees may apply.

Shipments over this weight can be less expensive to ship as freight.

Make sure that you compare and understand the benefits of each option.